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Stranger at the Hall by Mary Kingswood
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe newly discovered heir to the barony arrives to claim his inheritance.Cameron Saxby is contented in his life as a bank clerk in Edinburgh, knowing that if he works hard, he has a good career in front of him. But fate has a different plan for him - as heir to the late Lord Saxby... -
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Ransom by Julie Garwood
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsOverflowing with all of the majesty and intrigue of medieval glory days, this magnificent New York Times bestseller is a page-turner of passion and loyalty, justice and honor. Beloved storyteller Julie Garwood steps back to the silver-shrouded Highlands of her classic tale The Secret--and hails the return of two unforgettable warriors: Ramsey Sinclair and Brodick Buchanan...Categorized as:
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![Stranger at the Manor by Mary Kingswood]()
Stranger at the Manor by Mary Kingswood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA destitute man comes looking for help from his cousin, and uncovers some mysteries.Phyllida Beasley is forty years old, a mousy spinster who devotes her life to caring for her brother, and doing good works in the parish. She’s in a rut, but too timid to set herself free from her domineering friends and her own sense of duty...Categorized as:
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![The Thief of Blackfriars Lane by Michelle Griep]()
The Thief of Blackfriars Lane by Michelle Griep
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere’s Often a Fine Line Between a Criminal and a Saint Constable Jackson Forge intends to make the world safer, or at least the streets of Victorian London. But that’s Kit Turner’s domain, a swindler who runs a crew that acquires money the old-fashioned way—conning the rich to give to the poor...Categorized as:
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![The Wolf Duke by K.J. Jackson]()
The Wolf Duke by K.J. Jackson
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA lady set on vengeance. A cold duke with secrets of his own. Wills clash when she falls into his life and sparks fly. Can they learn to trust each other before it's too late? A lady set on vengeance. Fiery death took her brother and with him, her chance for a normal life with a well-suited match...Categorized as:
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![Why Kings Confess by C.S. Harris]()
Why Kings Confess by C.S. Harris
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe gruesome murder of a young French physician draws aristocratic investigator Sebastian St. Cyr and his pregnant wife, Hero, into a dangerous, decades-old mystery as a wrenching piece of Sebastian’s past puts him to the ultimate test. Regency England, January 1813: When a badly injured Frenchwoman is found beside the mutilated body of Dr...Categorized as:
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![Murder at Half Moon Gate by Andrea Penrose]()
Murder at Half Moon Gate by Andrea Penrose
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA wealthy lord who happens to be a brilliant scientist . . . an enigmatic young widow who secretly pens satirical cartoons . . . a violent killing disguised as a robbery . . . Nothing is as it seems in Regency London, especially when the Earl of Wrexford and Charlotte Sloane join forces to solve a shocking murder...Categorized as:
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Valiant by Adele Clee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMeet Valiant—the third of four gentlemen who work to right injustices—in the new heart-stopping series Gentlemen of the Order.As the grandson of a marauding pirate, Evan Sloane strives to earn his moniker, Valiant. His work as an enquiry agent for the Order gives him the perfect opportunity to make amends for his ancestor’s misdeeds. But even the bold and bravely courageous have their limits... -
![Marquess of Menace: Regency Romance by Tammy Andresen]()
Marquess of Menace: Regency Romance by Tammy Andresen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’s a rake beyond redemption...The Marquess of Milton was the sort of handsome that made women swoon at his feet. Which suited him just fine. Of course, no mother would allow him near her daughter, which worked even better... -
![A Gentleman's Curse by Adele Clee]()
A Gentleman's Curse by Adele Clee
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe wait for vengeance is over. When a man wakes to find himself gripping a dagger and sprawled next to a corpse, what else can he do but board a boat sailing for India? But after five years spent avoiding the hangman’s noose, Hudson Lockhart has returned to England to prove himself innocent of any crime... -
![Sleepless in Southampton by Chasity Bowlin]()
Sleepless in Southampton by Chasity Bowlin
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEvery touch brings with it a world of temptation. Eventually, there is a point of no return. Miss Sophia Upchurch is not having a good day. Her employer is dead, she’s been robbed, she’s now stranded in a strange city, and the handsome man she’d met on the stage, the man she’d flirted with, is no longer simply Mr. Henry Meredith, a possible suitor... -
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Woodside by Mary Kingswood
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe dramatic conclusion to the series! Ten years have passed since the last of the sisters of Woodside found happiness. Their grief for their young brother, Jeremy, tragically drowned at the age of twelve, has faded. The sadness of losing their home, Woodside, to strangers is but a memory... -
![Wickedly Yours by Kathleen Ayers]()
Wickedly Yours by Kathleen Ayers
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSome wild things want to be tamed… Lady Arabella Tremaine is in need of rescue. Angry and bitter at her banishment to Wales, she’s agreed to marry for all the wrong reasons; the most important being she loathes her future husband. Unfortunately, the man whose proposal she accepted won’t take no for an answer... -
![A Killer in the Crystal Palace by Deb Marlowe]()
A Killer in the Crystal Palace by Deb Marlowe
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA grand showcase for technology, art, design and . . . murder. London, 1851, and the Great Exhibition is on. A soaring success despite months of dour predictions, it is the event of the year, on front pages and wagging tongues the world over—and Miss Kara Levett is thrilled to be in the middle of it...Categorized as:
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![Murder at Kensington Palace by Andrea Penrose]()
Murder at Kensington Palace by Andrea Penrose
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWrexford and Sloane must unravel secrets within secrets—including a few that entangle their own hearts—when they reunite to solve a string of shocking murders that have horrified Regency London... Though Charlotte Sloane’s secret identity as the controversial satirical cartoonist A.J...Categorized as:
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![Why Mermaids Sing by C.S. Harris, К.С. Харрис]()
Why Mermaids Sing by C.S. Harris, К.С. Харрис
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn 1811 London, murder stalks the city's elite as the sons of prominent families are found in public places, with their bodies mutilated and strange objects stuffed in their mouths, and Sebastian St. Cyr takes time out from his shaky relationship with actress Kat Boleyn to track down the killer... -
![Seductive Surrender by Collette Cameron]()
Seductive Surrender by Collette Cameron
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDalliances, flirtations, liaisons? Aye. But marriage? Nae. Spies dinna wed. Betrothed four times.Gwendolyn McClintock has resolutely slammed the door on romance and marriage. Intent on beginning a new life, she sells her beloved familial home in America and totes her orphaned niece and nephew to Scotland’s Highlands...Categorized as:
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![The Suspect's Daughter by Donna Hatch]()
The Suspect's Daughter by Donna Hatch
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDetermined to help her father with his political career, Jocelyn sets aside dreams of love. When she meets the handsome and mysterious Grant Amesbury, her dreams of true love reawaken. But his secrets put her family in peril...Categorized as:
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![Highlander's Scarred Angel: A Scottish Medieval Historical Romance by Alisa Adams]()
Highlander's Scarred Angel: A Scottish Medieval Historical Romance by Alisa Adams
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOther girls desire a handsome Prince. She needs a warrior. After defeating the Munroes and saving their homeland; Fionnaghall, one of the four Ross sisters has to return as a ruler. Cenna is the third youngest of sisters and a brave warrior despite her angelic looks. Her oldest sister Godet is married to Laird Gordon MacDonell...Categorized as:
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![Dauntless by Adele Clee]()
Dauntless by Adele Clee
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNoah Ashwood has suffered his fair share of injustices. It’s why he joined the Gentlemen of the Order, why he solves crimes committed against the vulnerable and needy. To his friends he’s known as Dauntless—a fearless fighter, a man with steely determination. And yet his strength is tested when he forms an infatuation for his new client...Categorized as:
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![Her Reformed Rake by Scarlett Scott]()
Her Reformed Rake by Scarlett Scott
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe refuses to behave... American heiress Daisy Vanreid prides herself on bucking convention at every turn. Equally well-known for her beauty and her rebellious nature, she has no choice but to entrap the notorious Duke of Trent to avoid marriage to the aging aristocrat her father chose for her. Or so she thinks. But once she becomes Trent's duchess, he disappears... -
![A Ghastly Spectacle by Lynn Messina]()
A Ghastly Spectacle by Lynn Messina
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSince the new Duchess of Kesgrave cannot be swayed from her unfortunate interest in dead bodies, Lady Abercrombie decides to confront the matter head-on by hosting a murder mystery dinner party.Gathering together several of society’s most influential members, she concocts an amusing puzzle-play, assigns roles, and stands back to allow Bea to impress them all with her ingenuity... -
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A Perilous Perspective by Anna Lee Huber
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn all-new historical mystery in this USA Today bestselling series featuring beloved inquiry agents Lady Kiera Darby and her dashing husband, Sebastian Gage.Argyll, Scotland. July 1832. After a trying few months in Edinburgh, Kiera and her husband and investigative partner, Sebastian Gage, are eager to escape to the Highlands with their three-month-old child...Categorized as:
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![A Murderous Relation by Deanna Raybourn]()
A Murderous Relation by Deanna Raybourn
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsVeronica Speedwell navigates a dark world of scandal and murder in this new adventure from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award nominated author Deanna Raybourn.Veronica Speedwell and her natural historian colleague Stoker are asked by Lady Wellingtonia Beauclerk to help with a potential scandal so explosive it threatens to rock the monarchy... -
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![His White Wager by Tammy Andresen]()
His White Wager by Tammy Andresen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s no lady...Rebecca White makes her own way. She’ll dress as a man to support her mother if she chooses, she’ll participate in illegal gaming if it pleases her, and she’ll even cheat a lord now and then if the idea catches her fancy. But what she didn’t count on was an entire family of White’s tracking her down and being just as stubborn and independent as—well—herself... -
![Forgetting the Scot by Jennifer Trethewey]()
Forgetting the Scot by Jennifer Trethewey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVirginia Whitebridge is trapped in a loveless, abusive marriage. The law says her husband can have whatever he wants from her—so he's taken her inheritance. And he tried to kill her. After a close escape, Virginia feels protected for the first time in forever, thanks to the Scottish Highlands and the Highlander Magnus Sinclair... -
![Governess to the Duke's Heir by Maggi Andersen]()
Governess to the Duke's Heir by Maggi Andersen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGet Book Four in the Dangerous Lords series! Read for FREE in Kindle Unlimited! Andrew, the Duke of Harrow, has returned to his Oxfordshire estate after years away in Vienna on a diplomatic engagement. He left England after losing his beloved wife in childbirth. But his children consider him a stranger, and the new governess disapproves of him... -
![Desiring the Devil of Duncraven by Jillian Eaton]()
Desiring the Devil of Duncraven by Jillian Eaton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe's a dangerous bounty hired to track her down...she's a beautiful duchess with a wounded heart. When these two meet, one thing is certain: the Devil of Duncraven is never letting her go...Categorized as:
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![A Treacherous Trade by Kerrigan Byrne]()
A Treacherous Trade by Kerrigan Byrne
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Forgive me…for I have sinned.”And nothing interrupts a good confession like a murder.Fiona Mahoney stands in the ashes of her hopes facing her tempting adversary, Inspector Grayson Croft. Her sins are about to spill from her lips, when he says the one thing that could dispel all thoughts of revelation or redemption... -
![Cast in Shadows by Laura Landon]()
Cast in Shadows by Laura Landon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGideon Wayland , heir to the Duke of Townsend, had everything a young man could need―a promising future, a title, charming good looks, great friends, and a family who adored him. Until his body turned him into a monster. He had no choice but to separate himself from the world, to hide his monstrous self from society, to cast away his future... -
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Duke of Shadows by Gaelen Foley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA heartbroken belle. A missing suitor. A heroic duke in disguise. Unmask Duke of Shadows and let the highwayman-duke steal your heart! England, 1817. Lady Portia Tennesley has always dreamed of marrying for love. When the suitor who seemed her perfect match disappears at the height of the Season, she’s heartbroken... -
![Cast in Ice by Laura Landon]()
Cast in Ice by Laura Landon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLady Winnifred Waverley, daughter of the Duke of Townsend, walked the fringes of Society harboring a horrible secret. A secret so damning that it would shatter her entire family and destroy any chance for her younger sister Anne to find a love match...Categorized as:
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![Discreet Destruction by K.J. Jackson]()
Discreet Destruction by K.J. Jackson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA wayward ruler of the London underworld. The woman determined to protect him at all costs. Where betrayal and obsession meet, does love stand a chance in this adventure-filled historical romance?He’s oblivious to the danger bearing down on him.A titan of the rookeries, the last thing Declan Rudderton needs in his life is another thing to worry about... -
![Only a Viscount Will Do by Tamara Gill]()
Only a Viscount Will Do by Tamara Gill
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLady Alice Worthingham never conforms to Society’s norms. Ever. She loves adventure, new experiences, and approaches life with a sassy attitude Society can take or leave. But even for her, robbery by a highwayman is a bit much.Lord Arndel, Lady Alice’s neighbor, is playing a dangerous game—acting the proper viscount by day and the Surrey Bandit by night... -
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![Too Hot to Handel by Sheri Cobb South]()
Too Hot to Handel by Sheri Cobb South
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen a rash of jewel thefts strikes London, magistrate Patrick Colquhoun deploys his Bow Street Runners to put a stop to the crimes. The Russian Princess Olga Fyodorovna is to attend a production of Handel’s Esther at Drury Lane Theatre, where she will wear a magnificent diamond necklace...Categorized as:
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![Crimes Of The Brothers by D. L. Carter]()
Crimes Of The Brothers by D. L. Carter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBrothers are supposed to be kind... caring... supportive... protective. Catherine Walman's brother, however, is not. He has maligned her reputation until no honorable man will seek her company, wasted her dowry and endangered her home with his gambling and now his new wife has made it clear Catherine is no longer welcome... -
![The Greatest Challenge Of Them All by Stephanie Laurens]()
The Greatest Challenge Of Them All by Stephanie Laurens
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA nobleman devoted to defending queen and country and a noblewoman wild enough to match his every step race to disrupt the plans of a malignant intelligence intent on shaking England to its very foundations...Categorized as:
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![The Lady Who Loved Him by Christi Caldwell]()
The Lady Who Loved Him by Christi Caldwell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn this passionate, emotional Regency romance by Christi Caldwell, society's most wicked rake meets his match in the clever Lady Chloe Edgerton! And nothing will ever be the same! She doesn’t believe in marriage…. The cruelty of men is something Lady Chloe Edgerton understands. Even in her quest to better her life and forget the past, men always seem determined to control her... -
![Restless Rake by Scarlett Scott]()
Restless Rake by Scarlett Scott
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe wants her freedom… Clara Whitney is desperate to leave London and return to her native Virginia. She'll do anything, even if it means striking a deal with the most notorious earl in England, to get what she wants... -
![Duke with a Reputation by Scarlett Scott]()
Duke with a Reputation by Scarlett Scott
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Scarlett Scott comes a scorching-hot enemies-to-lovers romance between a single dad duke and the fiercely independent countess who has vowed to guard her heart at all costs...The Duke of Brandon is London’s most infamous rake... -
![Murder In the North End by P.B. Ryan]()
Murder In the North End by P.B. Ryan
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“It’s always a good day when a new Nell Sweeney book arrives.” —CA Reviews July 1870: Nell Sweeney’s position as governess for the venerable Hewitts of Boston affords her a unique perspective in an era of sharp class distinctions. Neither servant nor gentlewoman, she can fit in among the denizens of a waterfront tenement or the bluebloods of Colonnade Row... -
![Death at the Workhouse: An utterly captivating historical mystery by Emily Organ]()
Death at the Workhouse: An utterly captivating historical mystery by Emily Organ
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSomeone’s preying on Victorian London’s poor. Can a determined reporter unmask the killer stalking the workhouse?London,1885. News reporter Penny Green is spending time at Shoreditch Workhouse working undercover. She knows more can be done for the deserving poor but does anyone care?When two workhouse inmates die in a fight, the police and the coroner accept the simplest explanation...Categorized as:
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![Murder on the Mirrored Lake by Deb Marlowe]()
Murder on the Mirrored Lake by Deb Marlowe
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOld secrets dragged into the light . . . can turn deadly.Someone wants Niall Kier’s secrets exposed—even if they lead to scandal, unrest . . . and murder. Miss Kara Levett has discovered a talent for unearthing secrets and truths, but she’s vowed not to turn it on her friend—and more—Mr. Niall Kier. His secrets are his own, until he chooses to share them...Categorized as:
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![How to Train Your Baron (What Happens in the Ballroom) by Diana Lloyd]()
How to Train Your Baron (What Happens in the Ballroom) by Diana Lloyd
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Elsinore Cosgrove escapes a ballroom in search of adventure, she has no idea it will lead to a hasty marriage. The youngest daughter of a duke, all she wants is to make her own choices... -
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![Mending the Duke's Pride by C.H. Admirand]()
Mending the Duke's Pride by C.H. Admirand
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPride, Lust, Envy and Greed...vices that could lead a gentleman down the road to ruin. Unless he meets his saving grace in the form of a bespectacled bluestocking... Jared Malcolm Lippincott, the Sixth Duke of Wyndmere, has restored the family fortune. Will his plans to restore the family name mend his pride? An unknown enemy from the past will stop at nothing to ruin him...Categorized as:
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![Forsaking The Prize by Heather Boyd]()
Forsaking The Prize by Heather Boyd
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe was a faithful widow until… Abducted at fourteen and sent away to sea, rough and ready sailor Tobias Randall endured exile and cruelty only to have his plans for revenge crumble. He may have made a terrible first impression upon his return to Romsey Abbey, but he has a plan to reclaim his place—he’ll marry quickly and marry a woman of wealth...Categorized as:
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![Clue of Affection by Ellie St. Clair]()
Clue of Affection by Ellie St. Clair
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsViolet Harrington will marry for no reason other than love. The daughter of a Duke, her mother is determined to find her a suitable match, but she is holding out hope that despite approaching spinsterhood she will find the love she is looking for. Then one night she witnesses a murder in the gardens outside a ball, and it changes her life forever...Categorized as:
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![The Perks of Being a Duchess by Tanya Wilde]()
The Perks of Being a Duchess by Tanya Wilde
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a Middleton causes a scandal, it's never by half measures... This was certainly the case with Willow Middleton, who had thrown every bit of care to the mid-May breeze and... married the imperious duke her sister abandoned at the altar moments ago. But how is a bride to win over her bossy husband? • Disobeying his every rule probably won’t help... -
![Dark Intentions by Diana Bold]()
Dark Intentions by Diana Bold
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLady Allison Croft has vowed never to wed. An heiress in her own right, she is determined not to let any man have power over herself or her money. She's convinced herself she can be happy living a quiet life doing charitable works. But when Polly, a former prostitute she's trying to help, is brutally murdered, her entire world is turned upside down...Categorized as:
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The Mock Marriage by Dorothy Mack
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA beguiling Regency romance! Perfect for fans of Georgette Heyer, Mary Balogh, Jane Aiken Hodge and Jane Austen. A captivating actress takes on her most demanding role yet… Regency England Following the death of her debt-ridden father, Claire Yelland is forced to take to the stage to earn her living...
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